<article data-history-node-id="448514" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/how-raf-fairford-bomb-plot-narrative-fell-apart-us-and-uk-made-competing" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/how-raf-fairford-bomb-plot-narrative-fell-apart-us-and-uk-made-competing" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">How RAF Fairford 'bomb plot' narrative fell apart as US and UK made competing claims</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>On Monday morning it was widely reported that what seemed to be a major planned terrorist attack on an&nbsp;American&nbsp;base in&nbsp;Britain&nbsp;had been narrowly averted.</p> <p>Five men were arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences near RAF Fairford, the base from which US bombers have attacked Iranian missile sites, on Sunday morning.</p> <p>The incident was widely reported to be an apparent foiled bomb plot.</p> <p>Barrels were found in three vans near the base which newspapers suggested may have contained homemade explosives.</p> <p>Indicating the seriousness of the situation, Prime Minister Andy Burnham held a Cobra meeting on Monday afternoon.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-raf-fairford-bomb-plot-narrative-fell-apart-us-and-uk-made-competing-claims">How RAF Fairford 'bomb plot' narrative fell apart as US and UK made competing claims</a></h3> <figure class="image"><img alt="Armed Police stand outside RAF Fairford base in Fairford, south-west England on September 28, 2026" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/crop_16_9/public/images-story/000_C9JZ86Q%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=x11TFa7B"> <figcaption>Armed police outside the RAF Fairford base in Gloucestershire, south-west England, 28 September 2026 (AFP)</figcaption> </figure> <section>&nbsp;</section> </div> </div> </article>

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